#852E17#852E17

#852E17 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.125 H 35.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#852E17
RGB	rgb(133, 46, 23)
HSL	hsl(13, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(13, 83%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.4%, 82.7%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.82, 36.12, 33.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.82, 49.27, 42.87°)
OKLab	oklab(42.59% 0.1014 0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(42.59% 0.125 35.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.8057, 7.0040, 1.5934)
Luminance	0.0700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#852E17 #176E85

analogous

#851737 #852E17 #856517

triadic

#852E17 #17852E #2E1785

tetradic

#852E17 #378517 #176E85 #651785

square

#852E17 #378517 #176E85 #651785

split-complementary

#852E17 #178565 #173785

monochromatic

#1D0A05 #511C0E #852E17 #B94020 #DD5C3A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.75

#852E17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#852E17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #852E17

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##852E17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##852E17	1.00	8.75	2.40	8.75
#FFFFFF	8.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#473F14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5213

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#931729

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #852e17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 46, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.125 35.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06b56',
    500: '#852e17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #852e17;
$custom-light: #b06b56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#852e17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.545,
    "s": 70.513,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42591,
    "c": 0.12457,
    "h": 35.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#852E17

secondary

#3F9FB9

accent

#C8ED3B

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F6EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120703

muted

#817A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #852E17

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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